hi, i'm new to Zend Framework and as i said in my previous posts i would like to understand a little the design technology behind it. I'm still a newbie in the php programming, but i used Symfony and Cakephp frameworks. Googling about the Zend Framework db tecnology i discover that someone says that ZF framework doesn't implements an ORM, Active Records pattern, but a Table/Row Data Gateway pattern and i found articles about integrating Propel or Doctrine in ZF, to implement ORM.
The questions are: Can someone explain me in poor words the difference between Active Records and Table/Row Data Gateway? Which are the advantages integrating Propel/Doctrine in Zend Framework ? thanks, cirpo
